Category Archives: Betting

Entain to blowout all bid competition in pursuit of TAB

Australia’s sports betting incumbents will be closely monitoring the interim results of Entain Plc, published on Thursday 8 July, to see if the FTSE100 gambling group increases its offer to acquire Tabcorp Holdings’ TAB wagering unit. First off the mark, last February Entain launched its initial AUS $3 billion (€2bn) offer to acquire TAB’s wagering …

RMG and SIS to distribute ‘quality core content’ to bookmakers

The Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has partnered with SIS (Sports Information Services) under the terms of a three-year agreement to distribute and transmit audio-visual and data from British racecourses. Content will be provided to retail betting operators throughout the UK and Ireland from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026, following on from the current …

PokerMatch.UA to ‘popularise sports poker’ with new online licence

After receiving a licence from Ukraine’s Gambling and Lotteries Regulation Commission, PokerMatch.UA will now be permitted to organise and operate online poker games. The new licence, which PokerMatch.UA believes will help “popularise sports poker”, follows on from decision #386 made by the regulator on 25 June. The company believes that the certifications from Ukraine’s regulator …

Betway expands ‘ever-growing commitment’ to tennis

Betway has signed a sponsorship arrangement with the Hamburg Open tennis tournament, in a deal which the bookmaker says is indicative of its ‘ever-growing commitment’ to the sport. The Malta-based operator will take advantage of courtside and digital marketing and branding exposure at the Rothenbaum Tennis Centre-held event between 7 and 18 July. “We’re thrilled …

ANJ signs research accord with French Drugs Observatory

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) France’s unified gambling regulatory agency has moved to significantly bolster its research and understanding of gambling addiction and disorders forming a working accord with OFDT – the French ‘Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The two agencies will work together on projects examining the ‘complex phenomena of gambling addiction’ and …

NetBet enters Greek market after securing multiple HGC licences

NetBet has become the latest international operator to enter the Greek market, having secured sports betting, casino and poker licences from the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC). The newly issued licences will be valid for a seven-year period, enabling NetBet to cover thousands of sports markets per month as well as launch its four thousand casino …

Solid account management boosts pandemic growth for Neosurf

Neosurf has recorded growth rates in excess of market expectations during the pandemic period, underpinned by its focused ‘solid account management’ strategy. Putting people as important as profit in the quest for brand loyalty has been crucial for the popular payments platform, which enables gamers and gamblers to pay online without credit card usage and …

EarlyGame enhances data visualisation with Bayes Esports and Shadow.GG

Bayes Esports and Shadow.GG will help EarlyGame to drive user engagement after agreeing to make its esports statistics and data available to the Munich-based esports, gaming and entertainment platform. The partnership will see Bayes Esports and Shadow.GG support EarlyGame with its data visualisations.  EarlyGame believes that its increased focus on data visualisations will help “users …

Gambling.com files its Nasdaq IPO notice to fuel global growth drive

Gambling.com Group has filed an F1 notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirming its intent to list on the US Nasdaq. The notice disclosed that Gambling.com had recruited investment banks Jefferies, Stifel and Truist Securities to lead the IPO’s planning as underwriters, in which no target price or date has been agreed on …

DSWV: Federal tax approval sees GlüNeuRStv become dead on arrival

Germany’s Sports Betting Association, DSWV, has lambasted the Bundesrat and Bundestag’s decision to uphold the Fourth State Treaty on Gambling’s (GlüNeuRStv) controversial tax regime. Securing its federal approval this week, Germany’s legislature ratified for GlüNeuRStv to maintain its much-disputed 5.3% wagering tax on online casino and poker verticals. Prior to the Bundesrat vote, the DSWV …